Catalyst Romania
catalystromania.com Direct investor
Catalyst Romania is a venture capital firm based in Bucharest, Romania, that provides early growth capital to technology companies in Romania and neighboring CEE countries. It manages two funds, with a focus on expansion-stage investments in sectors like enterprise IT, e-commerce, and platform businesses.
Catalyst Romania is a venture capital firm headquartered in Bucharest, Romania, founded in 2012. It invests directly in companies, from Series A to growth, in technology, technology enabled services, enterprise IT Applications and services and Infrastructure. Its stated cheque size is Tickets between 1- 3 million EUR. 24 portfolio companies, as it reports.
“Catalyst Romania, a leading technology-focused venture capital firm, launched its first EUR 15 million fund in 2012, as the first vehicle of its type designed for Romania and CEE, followed by a second growth capital tech fund with a final closing in February 2022 and a hard cap of EUR 50 million, significantly above target.”
— Catalyst Romania, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Venture capital
- Invests in
- Romania, CEE, Eastern Europe
- Sectors
- technology, technology enabled services, Enterprise IT Applications, Services and Infrastructure, Vertical Business Applications, E-commerce and Consumer Marketplaces, Platform Businesses, Media and Communications
- Cheque size
- Tickets between 1- 3 million EUR
- Founded
- 2012
- Portfolio
- 24 companies
Team, as Catalyst Romania publishes it
- Marius Ghenea Managing Partner
- Alin Stanciu Partner
- Alina Georgescu Investment Director
- Lorena Scheusan Investment Manager
- Adam Gartai Investment Manager
- Alexandra Tudor Marketing & PR Specialist
- Daniel Mereuță Senior Advisor
Names and roles exactly as listed on catalystromania.com. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Most shared portfolio companies with
Derived from portfolio pages both investors publish themselves: each pair below lists at least one company in common. 3 investors with a shared portfolio company. A shared company is not proof they invested together in the same round.
- Gecad Ventures 2 shared companies: vectorwatch.com, smartbill.ro
- ChromaWay 1 shared company: archive.org
- Lightspeed Venture Partners 1 shared company: archive.org
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page Catalyst Romania publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://catalystromania.com/name, is_investor, layer, type, hq_country, hq_city, invests_in_geographies, stage_min, stage_max, sectors, cheque_size, thesis_quote, thesis_quote_page, description, founded, portfolio_count, people, status, confidence
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Record 6951 · added 2026-09-03 · link last verified 2026-10-21 · confidence high
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